Tranports vs Caps

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Also, adding a clause to the OC Guard/Corsair Guard ID that cruisers can't leave the Omicrons/Taus (Outcasts) and Omicrons/Omegas (Corsairs) (and maybe Sigmas for both) would limit them from being used freely in piracy, since they are "freely" purchasable.

Indeed, or better yet for all pirate factions that have anything larger than a GB, set a ZoI on where those big ships are allowed to pirate.


Now, just one example, the OC could prehaps pirate in caps in Alpha (which they allready can), their guard systems, and possibly expand it to Omicron Beta as well due to their military conflicts with the GMG, a warzone is a dangerous place to trade afterall. Add Eta, same reason but 'sairs/OC. Infact, most unlawful group warzone systems would be good candidates for open cap piracy, unless the system has a lawful presence, so for example Om5 would be open to 'sair/hessian piracy due to the fact that its just them there (tho I'd lol HARD at a cap trying to stop my whale in all those rocks........ ditto with 41 or parts of 47).

From the same line of thought, non [MR] mollies that dont accept the armastace could pirate with caps in Dublin, it's a warzone, their presence is no secret, etc etc.


But yeah my two cents, resonable ZoIs for each faction on were they can and cant do stuff. If unlawfuls are in open warfare and keeping the caps secret is no longer an issue, THEN their pirating is no issue.

Plus it also helps that so many of said systems are full of rocks, which would give an added chance to traders.


OC/IMG in the Tau 37/23, rocks all over

OC/'sairs in eta.

OC/GMG im Beta

'sairs/RHA in 41/47/5 MAYBE 11, but thats got a jumpgate so I'd lean to saying no on that one, omegas 7 and 3 deffinite no's due to gates AND lanes, maming house overpowering response way to easy to happen with a hurry.

non-armastace Mollies/BAF in Dublin, it'd be no secret that mollies have caps, and equaly no secret that not all mollies will follow the [MR] into attempting peace, so this would mean that those that dont choose peace can pirate (and deal with challenger swarms, the lawful barghest)

Id go on more, but not that knowledgable of Kusari and rhinland based unlawful issues, however .....

Chugoku is allready a go-zone for BD caps to pirate, home system and all that.

Hokkaido, the BD and GC are trying to keep the gate from being built, thus open attacks on the KNF. I cant remember the names of the Nebulae's, however heres what I, thinking in this case would make sense.
One cloud has either samura or Kishiro mining ops in it as well as the gate. within that cloud, no piracy as its too risky, past that maybe only allow it in the form of RP to stop supplies from reaching the construction site, (IE: if theyre not going there, caps ignroe em). That or add bobmer NPCs near the allreay constructed gate to make caps avoid that particular area and just allow it thruout the system, as this is a warzone system to a great extent.

Tohoku, allready ratehr unsafe for traders to be in that system, due to the large nomad and kusari wilde populations, so prehaps allow it there as well.


But as for the way to decide: if unlawfuls are in open large scale conflcit with a lawful faction in a system, consider allowing it in that system for That faction.
Two unlawful factions got a warzone, no lawful presence to deter caps, allow cap piracy.


It's amazing tho, using that system I belive that almost all of the systems that would be 'open' to cap piracy would also contain quite a few rocks which would have the potentel to be quite useful for an escape.

Now this would ALSO mean that this would essently not apply at all in Liberty, execpt prehaps in Magellan due to the NTF (who wouldnt WANT to pirate with their spyglass in RP) due to the fact that the LH and LR tend to be very quiet and focus on profit rather than fighting the navy (that, and relying on barghest swarms instead)

No clue whatsoever how that'd work out in Gallic space, ditto Rhinland (and despite the above lists, to a large extent Kusari) because I simply dont operate there that often.

Rouges build their cruisers to make moveable bases to support their organisation members for piracy. Those ships aren't efficient for piracy, though, a pair of Barghests is more usefull, because you can shoot transport and get away with part of it's cargo.

If you think Outcasts won't pirate in Taus, you're highly mistaken, Niobium Ore, for example? It's pure cash!
Or Omegas and Corsairs? Corsairs camping Freistadt for Gold Ore haulers? No, thanks.
And no, I don't have gold miner.
A possibility of cruiser on duty running for some trader which isn't that impotant as possible attack by KNF or some terrorists?

Exactly, and that fits in perfectly with the basic template I posted for 'can a cap pirate here', you got rocks in pretty much all those places.

Freistadt wouldnt be an issue, because gates and lantes render it a no-go zone for cap piracy

Niob miners.......... pure out of luck, unless they can dodge rocks AND LMs, or at least dodge rocks better than the ship shooting the LMs.